Audio Books

Yes, I admit it.  I am a proud listener of audio books.  As a nearly-qualified library technician, I find that this is a format that is still thought of as an old person's book, but if you find a book with a good narrator, then it's amazing how much you can enjoy listening to them.

Take the Janet Evanovich series Stephanie Plum.  I enjoy the books, I re-read them on a regular basis.  However, once I'd listened to the audio book, To the Nines (read by Lorelei King) I was hooked.  There is just something about the way Ms. King reads them that seems to make it funnier.  I just love her interpretation of Lula.  So, having listened to #9, I haunted my library for any other Plum books they had on CD.  I have bought some as well (1-4, 11, 15, 17) and have ordered a few from other libraries (5, 12 and 14).  Now all I have to do is track down 1-3 in unabridged form.  I really thought that when the movie was released, plus a re-release of the book, that the audiobooks would also be re-issued... but alas, only the abridged version was {grrrr}

Here's a list of the audiobooks I've got so far...

• One for the Money
• Two for the Dough
• Three to Get Deadly
• Four to Score
• High Five (library)
• Seven Up  (library)
• Hard Eight
• To the Nines
• Ten Big Ones
• Eleven on Top
• Twelve Sharp (library)
• Lean Mean Thirteen   (library)
• Fearless Fourteen (library)
• Fingerlickin' Fifteen
• Smokin' Seventeen
• A Kiss of Shadows
• A Lick of Frost   (library)
• Mistral's Kiss   (library)
• Swallowing Darkness   (library)
• Divine Misdemeanors (library)
• Guilty Pleasures
• Micah   (library)
• Blood Noir (library)
• Dark Light - Jayne Castle
• Double Cross - James Patterson
• Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews
• Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
• Naked in Death   (library)
• Ritual in Death   (library)
• Indulgence in Death   (library)
• Possession in Death
• Chaos in Death

Okay, that's quite a few, but I have them loaded on my iPod that's docked on my bedroom's alarm clock, and instead of listening to the radio at night sometimes I just press play and fall asleep listening to whichever book starts.  They are also great for having on while I'm studying as I find that the talking doesn't distract me like songs would (I start singing along and there goes the studying!).  They are also great for longer car trips as well.